# 2012 New York Yankees season

The 2012 New York Yankees season was the 110th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season in St. Petersburg, Florida against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 6. They finished the season 95–67, first place in the American League East. They began their post-season run by beating the Baltimore Orioles in five games in the Division Series. They advanced to play the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series, but were swept in four games by the Tigers following a season-ending injury to shortstop and team captain Derek Jeter.
This was the Yankees 20th consecutive winning season, dating back to 1993.

## Personnel moves

* On October 31, 2011, the New York Yankees agreed to a contract extension with (LHP) CC Sabathia for 5 years, worth $122M guaranteed. There is also a vesting option for a 6th year that could push the total contract value to $142M.
* On December 9, 2011, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) Freddy Garcia to a one-year contract worth $4M, plus incentives.
* On December 30, 2011, the New York Yankees signed (DH) Andruw Jones to a one-year contract worth $2M, with an extra $1.4M in potential incentives.
* On January 23, the New York Yankees acquired (RHP) Michael Pineda and minor league prospect (RHP) Jose Campos in exchange for top prospect (C) Jesús Montero and (RHP) Hector Noesi.
* On January 24, the Yankees held a press conference officially announcing the retirement of longtime Yankees catcher Jorge Posada.
* On January 26, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year contract worth $10M.
* On February 19, the New York Yankees traded (RHP) A. J. Burnett to the Pirates for $13M cash, minor league pitcher Diego Moreno and minor league outfielder Excardo Ciones.
* On February 21, the New York Yankees signed (DH) Raúl Ibañez to a one-year contract worth $1.1M, with plate appearance incentives bringing the potential value up to a maximum of $4M.
* On February 22, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) David Aardsma to a one-year contract worth $500k, plus another $500k in incentives. The deal also included a club option for 2013 worth $500k.
* On February 27, the New York Yankees signed (INF) Eric Chavez to a one-year contract worth $900k, plus incentives.
* On March 16, the New York Yankees signed (LHP) Andy Pettitte to a one-year Minor League contract, worth $2.5 million.
* July 2012: Yankees acquired Ichiro Suzuki in a trade for two minor league pitchers.
* On August 12, 2012 the New York Yankees signed a contract with (RHP) Derek Lowe Archived February 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position
| Pos | Player |
| C | Russell Martin |
| 1B | Mark Teixeira |
| 2B | Robinson Canó |
| 3B | Alex Rodriguez |
| SS | Derek Jeter |
| LF | Brett Gardner |
| CF | Curtis Granderson |
| RF | Ichiro Suzuki |
| DH | Raúl Ibañez |

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | .574 | 2 | 47‍–‍34 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 | 46‍–‍35 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 22 | 41‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 34‍–‍47 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | .580 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 8 |
| Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | .463 | 18 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 |
| Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 21 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | .426 | 24 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 |

### Record vs. opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 13–5 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 5–13 | – | 6–2 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 2–6 | 2–6 | – | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 3–5 | 14–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 8–1 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 4–4 | 3–5 | 7–11 | – | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 5–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | – | 13–5 | 5–5 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–13 | – | 4–5 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–6 | 8–10 |
| Los Angeles | 7–2 | 6–0 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 1–9 | 10–9 | 4–4 | 12–6 |
| Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–14 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 3–6 | – | 3–4 | 4–5 | 2–8 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 9–9 | 13–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–3 | – | 5–5 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 5–5 | – | 12–7 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 1–8 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 8–11 | 8–2 | 3–6 | 7–12 | – | 4–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 8–10 |
| Tampa Bay | 8–10 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–1 | 5–1 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 6–4 | – | 5–4 | 14–4 | 9–9 |
| Texas | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 9–10 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 4–5 | – | 6–3 | 14–4 |
| Toronto | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 7–11 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 4–14 | 3–6 | – | 9–9 |
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### April

On April 13 the Yankees won their home opener against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons.
On April 20, against their arch-rival Boston Red Sox during the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez hit his 631st career home-run, passing former teammate Ken Griffey Jr. for sole possession of 5th on the all-time list.

### July

On July 23, the Yankees agreed to a trade that acquired Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners for D. J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar. On July 27 the Yankees won their 60th game, the first team in the season to do so.

### October

On October 3, during the last game of the season, the Yankees clinched their 18th American League East title when the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 4–1. The Yankees went on to win their game against the Boston Red Sox, 14–2, giving them the best record in the American League, and home-field advantage for the American League playoffs.

## Game log

Legend :
| Yankees win | Yankees loss | Game postponed |
Game Log :
April (13−9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1April 6@ Rays6–7Rodney (1–0)Rivera (0–1)34,0780–1L1
2April 7@ Rays6–8Price (1–0)Kuroda (0–1)Rodney (1)34,0780–2L2
3April 8@ Rays0–3Hellickson (1–0)Hughes (0–1)Rodney (2)30,4130–3L3
4April 9@ Orioles6–2Nova (1–0)Matusz (0–1)25,4781–3W1
5April 10@ Orioles5–4 (12)Rapada (1–0)Strop (0–1)Rivera (1)24,6592–3W2
6April 11@ Orioles6–4 (10)Soriano (1–0)Gregg (0–1)Rivera (2)22,9193–3W3
7April 13Angels5–0Kuroda (1–1)Santana (0–2)49,3864–3W4
8April 14Angels1–7Wilson (2–0)Hughes (0–2)46,8294–4L1
9April 15Angels11–5Nova (2–0)Williams (0–1)41,0555–4W1
10April 16Twins3–7Pavano (1–1)García (0–1)40,2185–5L1
11April 17Twins8–3Sabathia (1–0)Liriano (0–2)40,1946–5W1
12April 18Twins5–6Marquis (1–0)Kuroda (1–2)Capps (3)36,8316–6L1
13April 19Twins7–6Hughes (1–2)Swarzak (0–3)Rivera (3)40,3277–6W1
14April 20@ Red Sox6–2Nova (3–0)Buchholz (1–1)36,7708–6W2
15April 21@ Red Sox15–9Soriano (2–0)Aceves (0–1)37,8399–6W3
—April 22@ Red SoxGame Postponed (rain) (rescheduled July 7)
16April 23@ Rangers7–4Sabathia (2–0)Holland (2–1)Rivera (4)48,23410–6W4
17April 24@ Rangers0–2Darvish (3–0)Kuroda (1–3)Nathan (5)47,08510–7L1
18April 25@ Rangers3–7Ross (4–0)Hughes (1–3)47,94210–8L2
19April 27Tigers7–6Rivera (1–1)Villarreal (0–1)41,20011–8W1
20April 28Tigers5–7Smyly (1–0)García (0–2)44,68611–9L1
21April 29Tigers6–2Sabathia (3–0)Scherzer (1–3)43,08412–9W1
22April 30Orioles2–1Kuroda (2–3)Hammel (3–1)Rivera (5)36,89013–9W2 :
May (14−14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
23May 1Orioles1−7Matusz (1−3)Hughes (1–4)37,79013–10L1
24May 2Orioles0−5Arrieta (2−2)Nova (3–1)39,36013–11L2
25May 3@ Royals3−4Duffy (2−2)Phelps (0−1)Broxton (5)19,59013−12L3
26May 4@ Royals6−2Sabathia (4–0)Chen (0−4)24,15314−12W1
27May 5@ Royals1−5Paulino (1–0)Kuroda (2–4)29,12114−13L1
28May 6@ Royals10−4Hughes (2–4)Hochevar (2−3)20,43415−13W1
29May 8Rays5−3Nova (4–1)Shields (5–1)Robertson (1)37,08616−13W2
30May 9Rays1−4Rodney (2–0)Robertson (0–1)38,02416−14L1
31May 10Rays5−3Sabathia (5–0)Price (5–2)Soriano (1)37,72017−14W1
32May 11Mariners6–2Kuroda (3–4)Hernández (3–2)37,22618−14W2
33May 12Mariners6–2Hughes (3–4)Noesí (2–4)Logan (1)43,95419–14W3
34May 13Mariners2–6Millwood (1–4)Pettitte (0–1)41,63119–15L1
35May 14@ Orioles8–5Phelps (1−1)Ayala (1−1)Soriano (2)16,49220–15W1
36May 15@ Orioles2–5Chen (4–0)Sabathia (5–1)Johnson (12)24,05520–16L1
37May 16@ Blue Jays1–8Drabek (3–4)Kuroda (3–5)28,91520–17L2
38May 17@ Blue Jays1–4Hutchison (3–1)Hughes (3–5)Janssen (3)31,26620–18L3
39May 18Reds4–0Pettitte (1–1)Arroyo (2–2)42,01521–18W1
40May 19Reds5–6Bailey (2–3)Nova (4–2)Arredondo (1)45,30221–19L1
41May 20Reds2–5Cueto (5–1)Sabathia (5–2)Chapman (1)45,62221–20L2
42May 21Royals0–6Paulino (2–1)Kuroda (3–6)39,22921–21L3
43May 22Royals3–2Hughes (4–5)Hochevar (3−5)Soriano (3)37,67422–21W1
44May 23Royals8–3Pettitte (2–1)Smith (0–1)40,40723–21W2
45May 25@ Athletics6–3Nova (5–2)Ross (2–5)Soriano (4)33,55924–21W3
46May 26@ Athletics9–2Sabathia (6–2)Colón (4–5)27,11225–21W4
47May 27@ Athletics2–0Kuroda (4–6)Milone (6–4)Soriano (5)25,07826–21W5
48May 28@ Angels8–9Walden (2–1)Wade (0–1)44,01626–22L1
49May 29@ Angels1–5Haren (3–5)Pettitte (2–2)42,06526–23L2
50May 30@ Angels6–5Nova (6–2)Takahashi (0–2)Soriano (6)40,11127–23W1 :
June (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
51June 1@ Tigers9–4Sabathia (7–2)Crosby (0–1)Soriano (7)41,83128–23W2
52June 2@ Tigers3–4Valverde (3–1)Phelps (1−2)44,59328–24L1
53June 3@ Tigers5–1Hughes (5–5)Verlander (5–4)42,41929–24W1
54June 5Rays7–0Pettitte (3–2)Shields (6–4)40,53730–24W2
55June 6Rays4–1Nova (7–2)Cobb (2–2)Soriano (8)38,37031–24W3
56June 7Rays3–7Price (8–3)Sabathia (7–3)39,89131–25L1
57June 8Mets9–1Kuroda (5–6)Santana (3–3)48,56632–25W1
58June 9Mets4–2Hughes (6–5)Gee (4–4)Soriano (9)48,57533–25W2
59June 10Mets5–4Logan (1–0)Rauch (3–6)49,01034–25W3
60June 11@ Braves3–0Nova (8–2)Delgado (4–6)42,66935–25W4
61June 12@ Braves6–4Sabathia (8–3)Venters (3–3)Soriano (10)41,45236–25W5
62June 13@ Braves3–2Kuroda (6–6)Hudson (4–3)Soriano (11)48,93837–25W6
63June 15@ Nationals7–2Hughes (7–5)Gonzalez (8–3)41,40638–25W7
64June 16@ Nationals5–3 (14)García (1–2)Lidge (0–1)Soriano (12)41,28739–25W8
65June 17@ Nationals4–1Nova (9–2)Jackson (3–4)Soriano (13)41,44240–25W9
66June 18Braves6–2Sabathia (9–3)Minor (3–5)42,70941–25W10
67June 19Braves3–4Hudson (5–3)Kuroda (6–7)Kimbrel (20)41,21941–26L1
68June 20Braves5–10Hanson (8–4)Hughes (7–6)45,09441–27L2
69June 22@ Mets4–6Niese (5–3)Pettitte (3–3)Francisco (18)40,19141–28L3
70June 23@ Mets4–3Rapada (2–0)Rauch (3–7)Soriano (14)42,12242–28W1
71June 24@ Mets6–5Logan (2–0)Batista (1–2)Soriano (15)42,36443–28W2
72June 25Indians7–1Kuroda (7–7)Tomlin (3–5)42,29044–28W3
73June 26Indians6–4Hughes (8–6)Masterson (4–7)Soriano (16)43,00645–28W4
74June 27Indians5–4García (2–2)Jiménez (7–6)Soriano (17)45,09946–28W5
75June 28White Sox3–4Santiago (2–1)Robertson (0–2)Reed (11)44,04146–29L1
76June 29White Sox7–14Quintana (3–1)Phelps (1−3)44,26546–30L2
77June 30White Sox4–0Kuroda (8–7)Peavy (6–5)46,89547–30W1 :
July (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
78July 1White Sox4–2Hughes (9–6)Floyd (6–8)Soriano (18)48,32448–30W2
79July 2@ Rays3–4Moore (5–5)Robertson (0–3)Rodney (23)21,74248–31L1
80July 3@ Rays4–7Shields (8–5)Nova (9–3)Rodney (24)26,45348–32L2
81July 4@ Rays4–3Logan (3–0)Farnsworth (0–1)Soriano (19)28,03349–32W1
82July 6@ Red Sox10–8Logan (4–0)Miller (2–1)Soriano (20)38,06650–32W2
83July 7@ Red Sox6–1García (3–2)Morales (1–2)38,17051–32W3
84July 7@ Red Sox5–9Doubront (9–4)Hughes (9–7)37,79151–33L1
85July 8@ Red Sox7–3Nova (10–3)Lester (5–6)38,27052–33W1
All-Star Break: NL defeats AL 8–0
86July 13Angels6–5Qualls (2–1)Downs (1–1)Soriano (21)47,87353–33W2
87July 14Angels5–3García (4–2)Williams (6–6)Soriano (22)47,78954–33W3
88July 15Angels8–10Weaver (11–1)Nova (10–4)Jepsen (1)46,67954–34L1
89July 16Blue Jays6–3Robertson (1–3)Loup (0–1)42,81955–34W1
90July 17Blue Jays6–1Sabathia (10–3)Cecil (2–2)Soriano (24)44,97556–34W2
91July 18Blue Jays6–0 (7)Kuroda (9–7)Romero (8–6)45,98657–34W3
92July 19@ Athletics3–4Griffin (2–0)García (4–3)Cook (10)23,38257–35L1
93July 20@ Athletics2–3Cook (4–2)Eppley (0–1)24,14857–36L2
94July 21@ Athletics1–2Parker (7–4)Hughes (9–8)Doolittle (1)28,14257–37L3
95July 22@ Athletics4–5 (12)Blevins (3–0)Eppley (0–2)30,47057–38L4
96July 23@ Mariners4–1Kuroda (10–7)Millwood (3–8)Soriano (25)29,91158–38W1
97July 24@ Mariners2–4Hernández (9–5)García (4–4)Wilhelmsen (11)31,90858–39L1
98July 25@ Mariners5–2Phelps (2–3)Luetge (1–1)Soriano (26)36,07159–39W1
99July 27Red Sox10–3Hughes (10–8)Cook (2–4)49,57160–39W2
100July 28Red Sox6–8Miller (3–1)Soriano (2–1)Aceves (22)49,57360–40L1
101July 29Red Sox2–3 (10)Aceves (2–6)Robertson (1–4)48,52660–41L2
102July 30Orioles4–5González (3–2)García (4–5)Johnson (31)43,05260–42L3
103July 31Orioles5–11Tillman (4–1)Nova (10–5)42,82160–43L4 :
August (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
104August 1Orioles12–3Hughes (11–8)Britton (1–1)44,59361–43W1
105August 3Mariners6–3Sabathia (11–3)Millwood (4–9)45,87262–43W2
106August 4Mariners0–1Hernández (10–5)Kuroda (10–8)47,06762–44L1
107August 5Mariners6–2García (5–5)Iwakuma (2–3)45,87863–44W1
108August 6@ Tigers2–7Verlander (12–7)Nova (10–6)41,38163–45L1
109August 7@ Tigers5–6Porcello (9–6)Hughes (11–9)Valverde (22)39,76063–46L2
110August 8@ Tigers12–8Sabathia (12–3)Sánchez (6–9)41,87964–46W1
111August 9@ Tigers4–3Rapada (3–0)Benoit (1–3)Soriano (27)40,94065–46W2
112August 10@ Blue Jays10–4García (6–5)Romero (8–9)41,61066–46W3
113August 11@ Blue Jays5–2Nova (11–6)Laffey (3–3)Soriano (28)45,58267–46W4
114August 12@ Blue Jays7–10Happ (8–10)Hughes (11–10)Janssen (15)43,92467–47L1
115August 13Rangers8–2Phelps (3–3)Dempster (6–6)Lowe (1)45,67668–47W1
116August 14Rangers3–0Kuroda (11–8)Harrison (13–7)44,53369–47W2
117August 15Rangers3–2García (7–5)Feldman (6–8)Soriano (29)45,92170–47W3
118August 16Rangers6–10Scheppers (1–0)Logan (4–1)47,64570–48L1
119August 17Red Sox6–4Hughes (12–10)Morales (3–4)Soriano (30)49,42271–48W1
120August 18Red Sox1–4Lester (7–10)Phelps (3–4)Aceves (25)49,46671–49L1
121August 19Red Sox4–1Kuroda (12–8)Beckett (5–11)Soriano (31)48,62072–49W1
122August 20@ White Sox6–9Myers (2–5)Logan (4–2)Reed (22)27,56172–50L1
123August 21@ White Sox3–7Liriano (5–10)Nova (11–7)24,24772–51L2
124August 22@ White Sox1–2Sale (15–4)Hughes (12–11)Reed (23)26,31972–52L3
125August 24@ Indians3–1Sabathia (13–3)Allen (0–1)Soriano (32)27,98673–52W1
126August 25@ Indians1–3Masterson (10–11)Kuroda (12–9)Perez (33)34,37473–53L1
127August 26@ Indians4–2Logan (5–2)Jiménez (9–13)Soriano (33)26,16674–53W1
128August 27Blue Jays7–8 (11)Oliver (3–2)Lowe (8–11)42,96274–54L1
129August 28Blue Jays2–1Hughes (13–11)Romero (8–12)Soriano (34)42,47275–54W1
130August 29Blue Jays5–8Happ (10–10)Sabathia (13–4)Janssen (17)46,01075–55L1
131August 31Orioles1–6González (6–3)Kuroda (12–10)43,35275–56L2 :
September–October (20–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
132September 1Orioles4–3Logan (6–2)Chen (12–8)Soriano (35)46,12276–56W1
133September 2Orioles3–8Wolf (4–10)Hughes (13–12)46,50176–57L1
134September 3@ Rays3–4Shields (13–8)Robertson (1–5)Rodney (41)28,58576–58L2
135September 4@ Rays2–5Cobb (9–8)García (7–6)Rodney (42)17,65276–59L3
136September 5@ Rays6–4Kuroda (13–10)Moore (10–9)Soriano (36)16,71177–59W1
137September 6@ Orioles6–10O'Day (7–1)Robertson (1–6)46,29877–60L1
138September 7@ Orioles8–5Hughes (14–12)Chen (12–9)40,86178–60W1
139September 8@ Orioles4–5Saunders (8–11)Sabathia (13–5)Johnson (42)46,06778–61L1
140September 9@ Orioles13–3Chamberlain (1–0)Britton (5–2)40,34679–61W1
141September 11@ Red Sox3–4Bailey (1–0)Robertson (1–7)37,43779–62L1
142September 12@ Red Sox5–4Phelps (4–4)Cook (3–10)Soriano (37)37,23080–62W1
143September 13@ Red Sox2–0Hughes (15–12)Doubront (10–9)Soriano (38)38,13481–62W2
144September 14Rays4–6Price (18–5)Sabathia (13–6)Rodney (43)45,20081–63L1
145September 15Rays5–3Nova (12–7)Shields (14–9)Soriano (39)46,85682–63W1
146September 16Rays6–4Kuroda (14–10)Moore (10–11)Soriano (40)43,48983–63W2
September 18Blue JaysGame Postponed (rain) (rescheduled September 19)
147September 19Blue Jays4–2Pettitte (4–3)Álvarez (9–13)Soriano (41)39,85984–63W3
148September 19Blue Jays2–1Eppley (1–2)Delabar (4–3)Soriano (42)39,99785–63W4
149September 20Blue Jays10–7Hughes (16–12)Laffey (3–6)Robertson (2)40,51186–63W5
150September 21Athletics2–1 (10)Robertson (2–7)Doolittle (1–1)40,75987–63W6
151September 22Athletics10–9 (14)Wade (1–1)Ross (2–10)44,02688–63W7
152September 23Athletics4–5Blevins (5–1)Kuroda (14–11)Balfour (20)43,86788–64L1
153September 24@ Twins6–3Pettitte (5–3)Hendriks (1–8)33,72089–64W1
154September 25@ Twins4–5Fien (2–1)Hughes (16–13)Perkins (15)33,34689–65L1
155September 26@ Twins8–2Sabathia (14–6)Duensing (4–11)33,25190–65W1
156September 27@ Blue Jays0–6Morrow (9–7)Nova (12–8)23,06090–66L1
157September 28@ Blue Jays11–4Kuroda (15–11)Jenkins (0–3)25,78591–66W1
158September 29@ Blue Jays2–3Hill (1–0)Pettitte (5–4)Janssen (21)36,13991–67L1
159September 30@ Blue Jays9–6Logan (7–2)Oliver (3–4)31,41892–67W1
160October 1Red Sox10–2Sabathia (15–6)Buchholz (11–8)45,47893–67W2
161October 2Red Sox4–3 (12)Lowe (9–11)Miller (3–2)41,56494–67W3
162October 3Red Sox14–2Kuroda (16–11)Matsuzaka (1–7)47,39395–67W4 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Derek Jeter | 159 | 683 | 99 | 216 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 9 | 45 | .316 | .429 |
| Robinson Canó | 161 | 627 | 105 | 196 | 48 | 1 | 33 | 94 | 3 | 61 | .313 | .550 |
| Curtis Granderson | 160 | 596 | 102 | 138 | 18 | 4 | 43 | 106 | 10 | 75 | .232 | .492 |
| Nick Swisher | 148 | 537 | 75 | 146 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 93 | 2 | 77 | .272 | .473 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 122 | 463 | 74 | 126 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 57 | 13 | 51 | .272 | .430 |
| Mark Teixeira | 123 | 451 | 66 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 84 | 2 | 54 | .251 | .475 |
| Russell Martin | 133 | 422 | 50 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 53 | 6 | 53 | .211 | .403 |
| Raúl Ibañez | 130 | 384 | 50 | 92 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 62 | 3 | 35 | .240 | .453 |
| Eric Chavez | 113 | 278 | 36 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 30 | .281 | .496 |
| Andruw Jones | 94 | 233 | 27 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 28 | .197 | .408 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 67 | 227 | 28 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 5 | .322 | .454 |
| Jayson Nix | 74 | 177 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 14 | .243 | .384 |
| Chris Stewart | 55 | 141 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | .241 | .319 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 38 | 89 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 | .292 | .393 |
| DeWayne Wise | 55 | 61 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .262 | .492 |
| Casey McGehee | 22 | 53 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .151 | .264 |
| Brett Gardner | 16 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .323 | .387 |
| Steve Pearce | 12 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .160 | .280 |
| Chris Dickerson | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .714 |
| Ramiro Peña | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 |
| Darnell McDonald | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Melky Mesa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5524 | 804 | 1462 | 280 | 13 | 245 | 774 | 93 | 565 | .265 | .453 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Hiroki Kuroda | 16 | 11 | 3.32 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 219.2 | 205 | 86 | 81 | 51 | 167 |
| CC Sabathia | 15 | 6 | 3.38 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 200.0 | 184 | 89 | 75 | 44 | 197 |
| Phil Hughes | 16 | 13 | 4.19 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 191.1 | 196 | 101 | 89 | 46 | 165 |
| Iván Nova | 12 | 8 | 5.02 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 170.1 | 194 | 100 | 95 | 56 | 153 |
| Freddy García | 7 | 6 | 5.20 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 107.1 | 112 | 64 | 62 | 35 | 89 |
| David Phelps | 4 | 4 | 3.34 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 99.2 | 81 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 96 |
| Andy Pettitte | 5 | 4 | 2.87 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 75.1 | 65 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 69 |
| Rafael Soriano | 2 | 1 | 2.26 | 69 | 0 | 42 | 67.2 | 55 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 69 |
| David Robertson | 2 | 7 | 2.67 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 60.2 | 52 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 81 |
| Boone Logan | 7 | 2 | 3.74 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 55.1 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 68 |
| Cody Eppley | 1 | 2 | 3.33 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 46 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 32 |
| Cory Wade | 1 | 1 | 6.46 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 46 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 38 |
| Clay Rapada | 3 | 0 | 2.82 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| Derek Lowe | 1 | 1 | 3.04 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 23.2 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| Mariano Rivera | 1 | 1 | 2.16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Chad Qualls | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| D. J. Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ryota Igarashi | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Adam Warren | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| David Aardsma | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DeWayne Wise | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 3.84 | 162 | 162 | 51 | 1445.1 | 1401 | 668 | 617 | 431 | 1318 |
Source:

### Postseason game log

Legend :
| Yankees win | Yankees loss | Game postponed |
2012 Postseason Game Log :
ALDS vs Orioles (Yankees win series 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1October 7@ Orioles7–2Sabathia (1–0)Johnson (0–1)47,8411–0W1
2October 8@ Orioles2–3Chen (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)Johnson (1)48,1871–1L1
3October 10Orioles3–2 (12)Robertson (1–0)Matusz (0–1)50,4972–1W1
4October 11Orioles1–2 (13)Strop (1–0)Phelps (0−1)Johnson (2)49,3072–2L1
5October 12Orioles3–1Sabathia (2–0)Hammel (0–1)47,0813–2W1 :
ALCS vs Tigers (Yankees lose series 0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1October 13Tigers4–6 (12)Smyly (1–0)Phelps (0–1)47,1220–1L1
2October 14Tigers0–3Sánchez (1–0)Kuroda (0–1)Coke (1)47,0820–2L2
3October 16@ Tigers1–2Verlander (1–0)Hughes (0–1)Coke (2)42,9700–3L3
—October 17@ TigersGame Postponed (rain) (rescheduled October 18)
4October 18@ Tigers1–8Scherzer (1–0)Sabathia (0–1)42,4770–4L4 :

## Postseason
### Division Series

The Yankees took on the Baltimore Orioles in the Division Series.

#### Game 1, October 7

6:07 p.m. (EDT) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland (moved to 8:47 p.m. EDT due to rain delay)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: CC Sabathia (1–0) LP: Jim Johnson (0–1) Home runs: NYY: Russell Martin (1) BAL: None |||||||||||||
The Yankees struck first in the first inning when Derek Jeter singled and Ichiro Suzuki doubled scoring Jeter for the game's first run, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd inning Orioles outfielder Chris Davis singled, followed by a Lew Ford single, a Robert Andino sac fly, and a single by Nate McLouth gave the O's a 2-1 lead. Then in the top of the 4th the Yankees tied the game at 2 with a Mark Teixeira single with two men on. The game remained tied going into the ninth inning until a lead off home run by Russell Martin pushed the Yankees ahead 3-2. Singles by Raúl Ibañez, Derek Jeter, and Ichiro Suzuki all singled back-to-back-to-back scoring Ibañez giving the Yanks 4-2 lead. Canó doubled scoring Jeter and Suzuki. Nick Swisher hit a sac fly to score Cano, making the score 7-2. David Robertson came on to get the final out of the game, giving the Yankees the win and a one-game to nothing lead.

#### Game 2, October 8

8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland (moved to 8:47 p.m. EDT due to rain delay)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Starting pitchers: NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) BAL: Wei-Yin Chen (0–0) --> WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0) LP: Andy Pettitte (0–1) Sv: Jim Johnson (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3, October 10

7:37 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Starting pitchers: BAL: Miguel González (0–0) NYY: Hiroki Kuroda (0–0) --> WP: David Robertson (1–0) LP: Brian Matusz (0–1) Home runs: BAL: Ryan Flaherty (1), Manny Machado (1) NYY: Raúl Ibañez 2 (2) ||||||||||||||||
Baltimore got on the board first with a Ryan Flaherty solo home run in the top of the third inning, giving the Orioles a 1–0 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, the Yankees got on the board with Russell Martin double followed by a Derek Jeter triple tying the game at 1. The game remained tied until the top of the fifth inning when a Manny Machado solo home run gave the Orioles a 2–1 lead. The score remained the same until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Yankees manager Joe Girardi pinch hit Raúl Ibañez for Alex Rodriguez. On the second pitch of the at bat, Ibañez crushed a home run into the right field bleachers to tie the game at 2. The score remained 2–2 going into the bottom of the 12th inning, until Ibañez came up to bat again crushing a walk-off home run into the upper deck in right field, giving the Yankees a 3–2 victory and a 2–1 lead in the series. Raúl Ibañez became the first player in Major League history to homer twice in a postseason game that he did not start.

#### Game 4, October 11

7:37 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: BAL: Joe Saunders (0–0) NYY: Phil Hughes (0–0) --> WP: Pedro Strop (1–0) LP: David Phelps (0–1) Sv: Jim Johnson (2) Home runs: BAL: Nate McLouth (1) NYY: None |||||||||||||||||

#### Game 5, October 12

5:07 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: BAL: Jason Hammel (0–0) NYY: CC Sabathia (1–0) --> WP: CC Sabathia (1–0) LP: Jason Hammel (0–1) Home runs: BAL: None NYY: Curtis Granderson (1) |||||||||||||
The Yankees clinched a trip to the ALCS for the third time in four years with a 3–1 win. CC Sabathia gave the Yankees his second big performance of the series, pitching a complete game, giving up one run on four hits while striking out nine. The only nervous moments came in the sixth, when a long fly ball by Nate McLouth just barely went foul and the eighth, when the Orioles loaded the bases with one out, but Sabathia got out of the jam by striking out McLouth and getting J. J. Hardy to ground out.
The Yankees scored first in the fifth, when Game 3 hero Raúl Ibañez singled to score Mark Teixeira. The Yankees tacked on some insurance in the sixth on an Ichiro Suzuki double and a Curtis Granderson home run in the seventh. It proved enough, as CC got Matt Wieters to ground out for the final out, sending the Yankees to a chance to play for the pennant versus the Detroit Tigers.

### American League Championship Series

The Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers in the Championship Series.

#### Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: DET: Doug Fister (0–0) NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) --> WP: Drew Smyly (1–0) LP: David Phelps (0–1) Home runs: DET: Delmon Young (1) NYY: Ichiro Suzuki (1), Raúl Ibañez (1) ||||||||||||||||
The Yankees managed to come back from a 4-0 deficit in the 9th inning to tie it. The rally culminated with a Raul Ibanez 2-run home run. However, the rally would stall there. Then, during extra innings, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter broke his left ankle while diving for a groundball in the 12th inning. The Yankees were already down 5-4 at that point, and the Yankees would later lose the game. The injury would haunt the Yankees for the rest of the series.

#### Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: DET: Aníbal Sánchez (0–0) NYY: Hiroki Kuroda (0–0) --> WP: Aníbal Sánchez (1–0) LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1) Sv: Phil Coke (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: NYY: Phil Hughes (0–0) DET: Justin Verlander (0–0) --> WP: Justin Verlander (1–0) LP: Phil Hughes (0–1) Sv: Phil Coke (2) Home runs: NYY: Eduardo Núñez (1) DET: Delmon Young (2) |||||||||||||

#### Game 4

Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 17, 2012 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) and was postponed due to rain
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: Max Scherzer (1–0) LP: CC Sabathia (0–1) Home runs: NYY: None DET: Miguel Cabrera (1), Jhonny Peralta 2 (2), Austin Jackson (1) |||||||||||||

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Empire State Yankees | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Tony Franklin |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Luis Sojo |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Carlos Mendoza |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Justin Pope |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Tom Nieto |